Metallic railway-tie.



No. 694,600; Patented Mar. 4, i902.

A. P. 'BAMBERGER METALLIC RAILWAY TIE.

4 (Application filed Sept. 12, 1901.)

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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ALFRED I). BAMBERGER, NEV CUMERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

METAL-Llc RAi'LwAY-TIE.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. A694,600, dated March 4, `1 02.

- Application lod September 12, 1901. Serial ilo. 75,1207. (No model.)

Beit known that I, ALFRED P. BAMBERGER, a. citizen of the United States, residin g at New Gumberland,in the county of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain -'new and useful Improvements in Metallic Railway-Ties; andl do hereby vdeclare the following to bea f ull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention,such as will enable others skillediin the art towhich it appert-ains to make and use thesa'fmc.

This 'invention-relates vtti/certain new and useful improvements in metallic railway-ties and fastenin'gsy for the rails, and' Amore particularly to that-class of such devices in whichare employed two tie-heads and a connectingbar or tie-plate, 'with means for attaching the tie-plate to the heads and the railsiothe lat- The present inventionhas for its objects, amongothers, to provide an improved tieof this charaeterwhich Shall be light, though l strong, cheap, and durable, axid by means of A which the-rails may be' easily and quickly se- 'cured .in positiongfetheld against all tendency A to become 'accidentally ,displaced. 'Ilhe tie serves toreiieetually hold the; track in li'ne,y

@theft-objects and advantages the invention will "hereinafter appen-and the novel features. thereof will be specifically defined .by th ppended claims.

Th vention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters dfreferenee marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and' in whichf- Figurelisa perspective view showing my improved tie in position and theraihs secured thereon. Fig. 2 is a substantially central vertical longitudin'al' section through the same.

:Fig-3 isa perspective View of' one of the heelp ljates removed.v Fis. et is a pcrspectiveview. 5o

o'f the spike-key removed. Fig. 5 .is asectional view of a modified form. Fig. 6 shows in perspective the parts thereof separated. Fig. 7 is asectional view of another fori-n. atop plan' `with the heel-plato removed.

Like numerals-of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.'

Referring now tothe details of thedrawings, ldesigna'tes the tie heads or boxes, of suitable material, preferably steel, having the depending sides 2and the flat top torxning a broadv bearing 4and support' for the rails 4.

iis thete-plate orconnectingfbar. Itpasses "through openings in the opposite-sides of the boxes, asjseen in Figs. 1 and 2, andis securely.

heldinposition'in a mannerwhich will soon be described. y

V`6 lrepresents the spikes; They are each formed with a lug 7 at the top and a lug'8v at the lower, end, as shown best in Fig.y 2.

'9 represents the 'spike-keys, each formed with a head'extend'ed upon both sides, as seen vh'est'i'n Fig. 4, the lateral portions 1 0 forming shoulders 1 1, which bear upon thetop 3 of the box.

12 represents heel-plates, formed each with a raised` portion 13 at one end, forming a shoulder14', as seen clearly n-Figs. 1, 2, and

t15 represents the spike-key plates.

In practice theparts are assembled as fol lows: The 'rails being placed in position on the tops ofthe boxes the spikes 6 are r'stinsorted through suitable openings in the tops 'of the boxes and corresponding openings in the tie-plate, the lower 'flange cnt ragingthe under side of 'the tie-plate and the upper aflange the iiangeof' the rail, as' seen inFig. 2.

Fig. is

" The spike-keys 9 are ythen placed in pqsition, y Y

with.'

-heads resting' on the'top'sfof the boxes y passingthrougl thel openings1 in the tops of. the -boxesjagnd in the'tie-plate,-as'seen inFig.

the; heads'of thevspike-keys and the spike- 95 key plates 'restin 'at their extended inner edges on topot [t ve vvheads ofthe spike-keys and. their innerqedges bearing against the e spikes, all as clearly seen 2. Bolts 1'6 are then passed rook through the heel-plates, spike-key plates, tops of the boxes, and the tie-plate, as shown in Fig. 2, and nuts 17 applied, as shown. By this construction it will be seen that I have provided a very strong and durable tie and securing means in which the parte are so held that they cannot become accidentally disengaged, being mutually braced, as will be readily understood from Fig. 2, in which it will be seen that the plates l are held between the shoulders 14 of the plates l. and the outer faces of the spikes and the spikekeye prevented from moving vertically and the spikes from movement laterally or vertically, until the bolts are removed. and the plates l5 and l2 removed.

From the foregoing `it will be seen that I have devised a novel, cheap, and efficient metallic railway-tie and rail-fastcning means, and while the structural embodiment of the invention herein shown is what l at the present time consider the preferable,` it is evident that the saine is subject to slight changes, variations, and modifications without departing from the spirit of theinvention or sacrificing any of its advantages, and l therefore do not wish to restrict myself to the exact details herein disclosed, but reserve the right to make such changes, ,\'ariati nis, and inedilieations :is come properly within the scope of the protection prayed. l"or example, in Fig. 5 l have shown a construction iu which the same principle is involved and upon reference to which it will be seen that the spike tl' is the equivalent ol' the spike U in the forms inst described, having,r the lugs t'f" and Gi, corresptuidiln,r to the lugs and H and answering the saine purpose. 'lho spike-key Il' has the head .i`-, while thi,x bolt lil has the head lo', the rectangular portion 10:, and the threaded portion lilis to receive Ehe nut Lffl. l2' is the heel-plate, wifhn` flange iw', while 1S isaloekplatchaving h. ri;..f|it-;\nglod porti'zins lo. All of these parts fue shown in detail in Fig', fl and in assembled ;u.sifiou in Fig. :7. spike t is placed in position. 'lfhen thcspilielcoy is dropped into Eizo holo in the top till its head rests upon le upper face of thesaid top. lhe holt il is their inserted from bcheath. 'the lock-oblio 1S is placed in position with its portie-us 1H' embracing the rectangular portion of the bolt, and then the heel-plate ii. is placed in position witlris flange engx-rginj.: tho outer edge or face of the leek-plate, and when the nut :lo is applied :ind screwed up the parts are all firmly h eld against movement, and nono can be removed `till the nntand hoel-platc are first removed.

lt will he notedI that `the bolts are rcc'tanglilar where engaged iu the ')penings iu thetop and thus the bolts are prevented froin'fturiring', :is are the bolts shown inI Fig. i3, where they are shown as rect-angular wherepassed through corresponding holes in the tie-plate. It will'be notedthat the effect is substantiallythe same as in the construction shown in Fig. 1, the heel-plate being reversed, its flange being turned downward instead of upward, as in Fig. 1. l

In Figs. 7 and 8 are shown a section and top plan of a construction embodying the same generic idea and practically the same parts. The spike 2l has thelugs 22. The spike-key 23 is headed, as seen best in Fig. 8. The lock-plate 2t and bolt 25 'are substantially the same, the nut 28 being applied to the threaded end of the bolt,and the heel-plate 29 is present with its flange 29',- all as seenin Fig. 7; butin this instance, instead of all the parts passing through the same hole in the top 3, the spike and spikedcey pass through one hole, and the bolt and the bolt-key 2li, havinga head 20, pass through another hole; but the one bolt serves, in connection with -the flanged heel-plate, to secure all the parts against accidental displacement. These illustrate but a number of 'ways in which the principle of the invention maybe carried into practical effect.

Each and all of the forms above described may be employed either in connection with the tie-plate or in connection with boxes where such tie-plate is not used.

What l claim as new ifsl. A metallic railway-tie consisting of metallic boxes, a tie-plato passed through the sides thereof and supported therein and railsecuring devices, embodying spike-keys and the heads thereof and means plates covering the said tic-plate to the adapted to secure boxes, as set forth.

2.. The combination with the boxes and tieplate, of flanged spikes, spike keys and fastenings mutually curing the tie-plate to the boxes and resting on the heads of the keys, as set forth.

The combination with the tio and the rail, of the'spike having a flange at each end, a spike-key having a head, a licei-plate engaging said key, a spikedcey plate resting upon the top of the key and aseeuring-bolt, as set forth. l

l. The combination with the boxes, the tieplatc passed through the same, and the flanged spikes, of the headed spike-keys, the hecl-plates, the spike-key plates and the securing-bolts, all substantially as shown and described. l

5. The combination with the boxes, the tieplate, the spikes flanged at each end, the headed spi 4e-keys, the heel-plates with shoulders, with one end bearing against the spikek'ey, and the spil e-key plates bearing against the shoulders of thefheve'l-plates and against the spikes and rrcstingfnponthe heads of the spike-keys, all substai'itially'as described.

o', `fl`l1el combinationoviththe box-and the "spike having flange` or lugs, ofy thepkekey, and a flan ged heel-plate and bolt passed vertically through said flanged heeLplate for s'ecuringfthe same in position, as set forth.

(31flheftzombination withtthe box, of the' IOO bracing cach other and sef spike having lugs, the headed bolt, the headed spike-key, the flanged heel-plate, means engagng the ange of said heelplateand the vspike-key anda nut onsaid bolt, all suby on the head -ofllshe key, a bolt and a locking member engaged by the flange of the heel- 1o plate, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I ax my signatuie in presence of two Witnesses.

ALFRED 7B. BAMBERGERI Witnesses:

' JNO. F. LEE,

HARRIET KAUFMAN. 

